Guest Bath ~ Painted Toleware

This bathroom was wallpapered in this color scheme because we had to work with the avocado countertop. I didn't discover until after the fact that it was the perfect foil for my aunt's hand-painted Toleware collection. She took a class in Tole and furniture painting in the 50's and turned into a veritable Grandma Moses (only not on canvas).

The small black medicine cabinet belonged to my mother. On the top, it holds an oil lamp and a cannister. On the lower shelf, it holds very old medicine bottles/tins, such as hair pomade, Mexana Powder, Carter's Liver Pills, an original tin of Johnson and Johnson Dental Tape, and a salve I can't remember the name of right now. I am too lazy to walk downstairs to read it...LOL.
The small tray on the wall under the cabinet has a red bird painted on it, with green and gold scroll work.

The second photo shows a large "gallery" tray, which is painted with a floral motif and lots of gold leaf. It is too bad that I captured such a bad reflection, as it is a thing of beauty! The mirror frame was bought by my mom in the 50's, along with another identical one. She cleaned and refinished the frames and added the mirrors. They cost a mere fraction of what they would have cost had they been new reproductions.

The larger of the two small black pieces hanging on the wall are for combs & brushes and I have used the other one for an old brass razor which belonged to my dad. I will show detail of the tray on the countertop in the post below.

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